COLORADO SPRINGS – — Despite a City Council vote last week to keep the FrontRange Express in operation at least through the end of the year, Mayor Steve Bach decided not to extend an intergovernmental agreement to keep the commuter bus service between Colorado Springs and Denver running, according to an email obtained Monday by The Gazette.

FREX will come to a screeching halt Aug. 31.

“We respectfully considered your role in extending the IGA with a 6 to 3 vote, but also recognize it is the Mayor’s authority and responsibility to execute all operational contracts to ensure sound financial decisions on behalf of our City,” Chief of Staff Laura Neumann said in an email to council members.

“You should know after careful analysis the financial impact to extend FREX service was (about $425,000) for four months,” she said

Neumann said the city approached the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority for potential financial support after last week’s vote, but it “was not an option.”

Last week, Neumann said funding options to continue FREX would be discussed, and the chances of ending the service this year were “very minimal.”

An 18-year-old from Monument who damaged nearly $100,000 worth of art at the Denver Art Museum pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, a class four felony, in a Denver courtroom on Thursday, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Arturo Hernandez Garcia, who in 2014 became the first Colorado resident to claim sanctuary, once again faces possible expulsion from the U.S. and separation from his wife and daughters after his stay of deportation lapsed Thursday.